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Chelsea’s only match of consequence remaining this season is on Sunday — barring some absolute miracle recovery in the league — as we take on historic rivals Leeds United in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley. The national stadium used to be our second home but that hasn’t really been the case for a while, […]
The second night of the NFL Draft begins with the Jets owning the 44th overall pick. It is the only selection the Jets have in rounds two and three. ESPN’s Rich Cimini provides a list of players who could interest the Jets in round two. The strength of the second round appears to be at […]
Both the Penguins and Flyers took advantage of the extra day off in between games on Friday to get a practice in ahead of Saturday night’s Game 4. Pittsburgh is going back to a successful line, putting Egor Chinakhov back with Evgeni Malkin and Tommy Novak. The trio shined towards the end of the year […]
Tonight, the Anaheim Ducks will play their first home playoff game in eight years. Their last home playoff game was April 14th, 2018, when they lost 3-2 to San Jose in Game 2 of the opening round. They lost the next two games in a sweep and haven’t been back to the playoffs until this…
On April 24th in 1933, Robert Alan Eagleson was born in St. Catherines, Ontario. Once considered the most powerful man in hockey, Eagleson's reputation was destroyed and person imprisoned when his fraudulent ways towards his colleagues and clients were revealed. Starting out as a player agent before pioneering the NHLPA and international tournaments among professionals (1972 Summit Series, 1976
When I first discovered that the Minnesota Vikings picked Caleb Banks with the 18th pick, I was completely surprised. My first thought was what a poor value it was for the Vikings at that point in the draft- Banks was expected to go in the second round and there really wasn’t any buzz about him […]
One year ago, the Philadelphia Flyers were sitting on their couches, hoping the ping pong balls might fall their way at the 2025 NHL Draft Lottery. The rebuild was still very much a rebuild. Matvei Michkov had a strong rookie season, Jamie Drysdale found his way, and there were a few other improvements you could point to, but the Flyers were still searching for another X-factor or two to really get them to the next level. Well, it didn’t take too long for Danny Briere to find the nex...
The Providence Bruins had themselves a historic AHL season, and the league’s end-of-season awards are reflecting that level of success. The P-Bruins went a remarkable 56-16-2 in the 72-game regular season, finishing atop the AHL with 110 points. That record set the new high water mark for the most wins in a 72-game regular season […]
No road in the Stanley Cup is smooth sailing. There are bumps along the way. Nobody comes out unscathed. And, despite holding a rather commanding 3-0 lead in the series against the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia Flyers might have hit their first road bump heading into Game 4 at home on Saturday night. Around the midway point of the third period on Wednesday night, with the Flyers leading 3-1, the Penguins were hoping to cut the deficit with pressure in the Flyers zone. The puck was...
It started with a poised play. A 22-year-old rookie, in his first-ever Stanley Cup playoff series, on the ice in double overtime of a pivotal Game 3. His team, on its heels, hemmed in their own zone for the entirety of the rookie’s 54-second shift. The shift started in his own zone, on the fly....
In June 2024, the Nets traded Mikal Bridges for five firsts, four unprotected,, a first swap etc. He was supposed to be key piece for the Knicks in a championship run. He scored 0 points in a big post-season loss Thursday night. His team is now down 2-1 in the East. In June 2025, the […]
There’s a good news, bad news way to look at the first two games of the Edmonton Oilers’ first-round series against the Anaheim Ducks. The bad news is that the Oilers have split the start of the series, and their star players haven’t been their star players. The good news is that the Oilers have…
Fans of the Carolina Panthers are happy today after general manager Dan Morgan selected Georgia offensive tackle Monroe Freeling with the 19th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft last night. Questions abound regarding the futures of both left tackle Ikem Ekwonu (ruptured patellar tendon) and right tackle Taylor Moton (going on 32). Freeling is […]
We’re all dreaming of it. It would be too sweet. Maybe something that we don’t entirely deserve but something that is too good to not think about: Sweeping the Pittsburgh Penguins as they venture into a summer of unknowns and the Philadelphia Flyers of all teams killing this era of a team that we have despised forever. Evgeni Malkin is a pending unrestricted free agent, Kris Letang looks worse than Keith Yandle did during his year in Philadelphia, and Sidney Crosby is about to be left alo...
In Thursday night’s first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings addressed one of their biggest needs with one of the Draft’s biggest players, selecting Florida defensive tackle Caleb Banks with the 18th overall pick. Now, as we move into Day 2 of this year’s selection meeting, it’s time to focus on which […]
The Philadelphia Flyers have avoided the worst-case scenario for goaltender Dan Vladar , but that doesn’t mean that he may not miss some time. On Thursday, Rick Tocchet said that it was “more of a maintenance day” for Vladar as the netminder didn’t take the ice for practice with the team. “He was going to probably be off anyway, but he is a little banged up. Feels better today,” the head coach told the media on Thursday . “That’s basically all the information I really have.” Vla...
The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft is in the books, but the event is a long way from finished. Tonight are the second and third rounds. The Jets enter the night with only a single pick. They traded their own second round pick (33rd overall) to the San Francisco 49ers to move up […]
The Nationals looked to even the series with the Braves yesterday afternoon at Nationals Park, and were in position to possibly steal the win going into the 7th inning tied 2-2. Unfortunately, the bullpen let them down once again, as Cionel Perez was tagged for 3 runs after getting just one out, bringing his ERA […]
There’s no linear path to winning the Stanley Cup. Losses are inevitable, meaning that, from time to time, your team won’t have a good performance. If you’ve experienced an Edmonton Oilers playoff run before, you’ll know all about this. They were 2-0 down to L.A. last year, 3-2 down to Vancouver the year before, and…
Happy Shawn Bates Penalty Shot Day. After last night’s AHL results, there is officially nothing Islanders playoff-related to discuss anymore except the past and perhaps hopes for the future. The end of Bridgeport’s 25-year run as the Islanders’ AHL affiliate came with a frustratingly familiar, quick playoff exit. The Bridgeport Islanders (nee Sound Tigers) were […]
Once again, it is time to select a “player of the game” for the Hurricanes in their 2-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Once again, it’s a difficult task. You could choose Fred Andersen, who had a near flawless game in net. Unlike game two where there was some puck luck involved, […]
With the surprise selection of Georgia offensive tackle Monroe Freeling in the first round, most of the Panthers needs remain to be filled. The currently team has two picks today, 51 and 83. General manager Dan Morgan has proven in the past that he is absolutely willing to move around on the second day of […]
They arguably lost this series in the first half of the regular season.
Today it was announced that Henri Veesaar is officially going into the NBA Draft. Per Matt Norlander, Veesaar intends to stay in the draft, with no intent to return to UNC. When Veesaar transferred to UNC last spring, observers saw the potential for a break-out season. Coming off the bench for Tommy Lloyd in Tucson, […]
With the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs nearing its end, a side discussion over at SCH HQ between LBR and myself seemed like it’d be good to bring to the people here, as it has some relevancy to the team watching from home (or some beachfront property) that’s being assembled over at 1901 W. Madison. A couple of teams with rather young forward groups have grabbed early headlines, led by the Philadelphia Flyers, up 3-0 on their interstate rivals from Pittsburgh. An also young Montre...